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OVER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF THE 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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■ ■ 's Theater i , ; 

Amei i' .ni Museum ol Mai ural 1 1 isti iry 
American Surety Co.'s Building . . 

a mi i i i ■■" >ciet] Bu ng 

1 . Mrs. fohn Jact ib, Reside] 

Pai fc and Ni w Yoi k Bay, fn nn Roi if ot 

Washington Building 9 

Bei keley School 141 

well's Island, South End 

Boli\ .Li , Statue ol .1 . 

Bowling Green B . . . , t 

B ■ l ' !'■■■■ -klyn ■ i 

Brighton Beach, Coney Island ' 1 

r.t oad Street, I ooking South from \\ all Strei ' 
Broad Street, Looking North from Beavi 1 
Broadwaj and Bond Streel to Tenth Street . 
Broadway and Fifth Avenue, Junction of . 119 
Broadway from Tenth Streel to Union Square 1 1 
Broadway, Looking North from Exchange Plai 1 

Bi 1 M ifc 1 ) 11 Brii Ige 233 

i ' :i and Court Streets . . 

1 1 iklyn Savings Bank (i 

Casino [43 

t';^: ti rovernor's Island, New York Bay 17 

I Pa , East J >rh e 

untairj and Lake .... 

Central Park, View of 177 

iry Club 157 

Church and Library, Saili n •-' Sunt; Harbor, Sta- 

[sland 29 

h Missions 1 louse, Entrance . ... 153 

City Hs Pari ind New Building on Broadway 85 

Coffee Exchange .... 61 

College ot Pharmacy ... 147 

C< »lon 1 al Club . . . 1/, 

Columbus Monument 171 

Conkling, Roscoe, Statue of .... . . 83 

Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange . 51- 

('••in Exchange Bank 63 

Criminal Courts and the Tombs 

Dakota Flats . ... 

i 1 Island ■ • 39 

I lelmonico's 59 

Fidi Litj & Ca sualt 5 1 '■■ 1 Luilding. . ... 61 
Fifth A\ enue, Fifty-first to Fil d Si reet 1 . 

Fifth Avenue, I king North from 1 )ne Hundred 

and Twenty-sixth street 

Fifth Avenue, Looking South from Twenty- 
second Street „ I2 3 

Fifth Avenue Theater , 

Fire Headquarters, Brooklyn 237 

I 1] i Schuyler .... * 

Fori Wadsworth, Staten Island ■- 

Fori Wood, Outer Battery, ['..-.line's island . . 2--, 
Fourteenth Street, Looking West from Fifth 

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Fourth Avenue, from Twenty-firsl to Twenty- 
third Streel 

Gansevoort Market ... . . 

Gar rick Theater . . . [41 

1 Iniieh 99 

1 1 Central I )epi »t . > 1 . 

1 1 rani 's I < imb, K \\ ersidi I >rive 

Hale, Nathan, Statue ol 83 

Hall "i" Architectural Casts, Metropol tan Mu- 
seum of Art 183 

II' raid Building 

High Bridge .231 

Hoi land 1 [i ittse 135 

Hotel Astoria . . 139 

I lotel Ma jest ic 1 1 

J Intel Margaret, Columbia Heights, Brooklyn ■ 

I lotel New Nethei land 

I li itel Savoy 

J 1 unt ingtt m, Collis P . Res id< m e oi 

Judson Memorial Baptisl * hurch 105 

Tumel Mansion 229 

Liberty, Statue of, Front View, from Southeast 
1 berty, Statue of, Side View, from West . , 
Liberty, statue of, View from Entrance of 
Pedi i oward New York . . 27 

Life 1 tuilding ■ ■■, 

Mad is< in Si | uai •■ » ta 1 den 127 

Mail and Express Building 75 

Manhattan Life Insurance Co 's Building . . ■ 53 

Matthews, J. H., Resident e ol 

May Parties, Central Park . . 

Memi - 1 1 . 1 1 Arch, Brooklyn 

Metro]!, ilitan Club [45 

Metropolitan Museum of Art 181 

Metropolitan Opera 1 1< >use . [33 

Montauk Club, Brooklyn ... ... 243 

Moonlight on New York Bay 

National Shoe & Leather Bank 

New York Bay from Battery 7 

York Bay, a Misty Morning on is 

New York C ity Hall ." 91 

New York Clearing House 

New York Post 1 >ffii e - < 

New York Stock Exchange, Into ... 71 

Ni 'i wi.il College 187 

Ocean Steamers in Berths, North River . . . 41 
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street, Looking 

West from Seventh Avenue 

Oyster Row 

Printing House Square 87 

Produce Kxchange | 

Prospect Park, Brooklyn . 

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and Fiftieth Street [59 

nces, Southwest Corner West-End Ave- 
nue and Eighty-third street 201 



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nd Sevenl j sei ond Si reet 
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1 ' Drive, Looking North fr< ! - 



Rivets 1 I . North from One Hun- 

. and Sixth street 205 

Riverside Drive. Lo Oni Hun- 

. and Twelfl h . . 209 

Riverside I »: 1 North from < me Hun- 

dred and Twentieth Street _-i 1 

Rivei U Dri ■ am Oi 11 1 tred a I Eighth 

Streel 207 

s.il 1 Building m 

1 1 D klyn Navy Yard . 35 

inien' Armory . 

Society of American Artists .' .157 

1 New York Statues 169 

South oking Smith fromCoenties Sli] 

Sou th S t r& n 

St. Bartho is... 147 

St. Francis Xaviei Church, Interior of .... 117 

St. Pa 1 edral -151 

St. Pal 1 i interior ol 

St. Paul Building ■ • 79 

St rh< imas Church 

Temple Betb-E] 

E-omb ol ' lenei al Grant .... 

1 ■■: ■ . ( 1 173 

The Start from New York 

The Waldorf ,37 

Tiffany, Charles, Resid< 

Church, from Wall Stri . . 65 
Union Leagu< t lub 229 

Union Square 115 

I'm:. 1-T1 easury 

United States Ti ust Co. . 

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, I ' 

Viaduct and Harlem River, from New Speeds a 

Viewfrom Broi River Br idgi 

View from Grant 's Tomb 

View from North River 5 

View Ld 'kin.^ N01 mi Ri h ii oi 

1 ■: ing, '■' Broadway 1 

Vii w I' oking South from Root Office Build- 
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Wall Street and Trinity Church . . 

Washington Bridge 

Washington Memorial Arch 

West Stri et, L h king Noi th fr< im I ! I 

Windsor Hotel and Fifth Avenue 

Blackwell's Island 3 




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NEW YORK BAY FROM BATTERY. 




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BATTERY PARK AND HARBOR FROM ROOF OF WASHINGTON BUILDING, i BROADWAY. 




VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST FROM ROOF OF OFFICE BUILDING, 66 BROADWAY. 

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CHURCH AND LIBRARY, SAILOR'S SNUG HARBOR — West New Brighton, Staten Island. 

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THE COFFEE EXCHANGE 01 THE CITY OF 

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GARRICK THEATER West Thirty-fifth Street. 
near Sixth A\ 1 
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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARTISTS — 215 West 
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HOTEL SAVOY — S Corner Fifth Avenue and 

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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART— Hall of Architectural Casts 

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MAY PARTIES, CENTRAL PARK. 




NORMAL COLLEGE — Park and Lexington Avenues, Sixty-eighth to Sixty-ninth Street. 

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THE DAKOTA FLATS — Northwest Corner Central Park (West) and Seventy -second Street. 

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RESIDENCES — Southwest Corner West-End Avenue and Seventy-second Street. 

Lamb & rich, A.i 

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COLONIAL CLUB — Boulevard and Seventy-second Street. 

Henry F. Kilburn, Architect 

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RESIDENCES — Southwest Corner West-End Avenue and Eighty-th 

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RESIDENCE OF fOHN II. MATTHEWS, ESQ.— Northwest Corner Riverside Drive and Ninetieth 

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RIVERSIDE DRIVE — Looking North from One Hundred and Sixth Street. 

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RIVERSIDE DRIVE — Looking North from One Hundred and Twelfth Street. 

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RIVERSIDE DRIVE— Looking North from Grant's Tomb. 




RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND ('.RANT'S TOMB. 
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FIFTH AVENUE, LOOKING NORTH FROM ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIXTH STREET. 

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VIADUCT AND HARLEM RIVER, FROM NEW SPEEDWAY— One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Street. 



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THE WASHINGTON BRIDGE— Across Harlem River, from One Hundred and Eighty-first Street and Tenth Avenue 

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